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Tone mapping a single image

Tone mapping a single image - HDR Efex Pro Tutorial

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Tone mapping a single image

By definition, a high dynamic range image involves assembling multiple images, captured at different exposure settings, into a final result that maximizes the amount of detail, through the full dynamic range of the scene, Into a single image. The process results in images that tend to have an HDR look. Sometimes that just means that there's more detail than you might otherwise expect in a photographic image, but in other cases, it might result in a very dramatic or over-saturated or hyper-realistic image. That's often referred to as an HDR look. And what you might not realize is that we can actually create that look for a single image. Keep in mind if we're using a single image to create an HDR look, we won't have the full level of detail that we could otherwise achieve with multiple exposures, but we can create an interesting and creative effect in a single photo, using HDR Efex Pro, with the tone mapping portion of the software. You can see I have a tone mapping option on the Nik…

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